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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the agent related to Kerim?

2. Who does Nash say is staying next to Tatiana and Bond?

3. What group does Kerim say the man on the scooter was from?

4. What is Bond's new name on his passport?

5. Who does Bond think the man who seems interested in him is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Russians when they reach the Turkish border?

2. What does Grant's say is the Russian's plot?

3. What is Kerim's plan to get rid of the Russians?

4. How does Kerim kill the faceless one's leader?

5. What has Kerim arranged for Bond and Tatiana?

6. How does Kerim die?

7. Who does Kerim say followed Bond the previous night?

8. What does Bond see when he looks through the periscope?

9. What new information does the gypsy give Kerim?

10. What does Bond think of Darko Kerim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way can Bond's character in the novel be seen as more vulnerable as his character in the films? Why do you think there is this difference? How do the Russians take advantage of Bond's perceived weaknesses?

Essay Topic 2

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 3

Fleming writes FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE in the third person. Why do you think Fleming chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if Fleming wrote it in the first person?

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